A game system includes a game apparatus, a first output device having a first display section and a first sound output section, and a second output device having a second display section and a second sound output section. In this system, a first sound signal to be output to the first sound output section and a second sound signal to be output to the second sound output section are generated based on the same sound data. When transmitting the two sound signals, the timing to transmit the first sound signal to the first sound section is delayed by a predetermined time with respect to the timing to transmit the second sound signal to the second audio section.
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1. A game system including a game apparatus, a first output device having a first display section and a first sound output section, and a second output device having a second display section and a second sound output section, wherein the game apparatus includes: an image generation section configured to generate a first image to be displayed on the first display section, and a second image to be displayed on the second display section; a sound generation section configured to generate, based on the same sound data, a first sound signal to be output to the first sound output section, and a second sound signal to be output to the second sound output section, and a sound signal transmission section configured to transmit the first sound signal to the first sound output section, and transmit the second sound signal to the second sound output section, wherein the sound signal transmission section transmits the first sound signal such that a timing to transmit the first sound signal to the first sound section is delayed by a predetermined time with respect to a timing to transmit the second sound signal to the second sound output section.
2. The game system according to claim 1 , wherein the first output device is a monitor device which includes or is connectable to predetermined loudspeakers as the first sound section, and the second output device includes a housing which is small enough to be held by a player, and the second sound output section is integrated with the housing.
3. The game system according to claim 1 , wherein the sound signal transmission section transmits the first sound signal such that the transmission timing of the first sound signal is delayed with respect to the transmission timing of the second sound signal, so that a player can recognize that the same sound based on the same sound data is output from each of the first sound output section and the second sound output section, and the player can comprehend the content of the output sound.
4. The game system according to claim 1 , wherein the sound signal transmission section transmits the first sound signal to the first sound output section such that the transmission timing of the first sound signal is delayed by a value in a range from 20 ms to 100 ms with respect to the transmission timing of the second sound signal.
5. The game system according to claim 1 , wherein the image generation section generates, as the first image, an image of a virtual space based on a first virtual camera, and generates, as the second image, an image of the virtual space based on a second virtual camera.
6. The game system according to claim 1 , wherein the second output device further includes an operation data generation section configured to generate operation data based on an operation performed by a player, and the game apparatus further includes a game processing section configured to perform a game process based on the operation data.
7. A game apparatus capable of outputting a video/audio signal to a first output device having a first display section and a first sound output section, and to a second output device having a second display section and a second sound output section, the apparatus including: a processing system, comprising a processor, the processing system being configured to at least: generate a first image to be displayed on the first display section, and a second image to be displayed on the second display section; generate, based on the same sound data, a first sound signal to be output to the first sound output section, and a second sound signal to be output to the second sound output section, and transmit the first sound signal to the first sound output section, and transmit the second sound signal to the second sound output section, wherein the first sound signal is transmitted such that a timing to transmit the first sound signal to the first sound section is delayed by a predetermined time with respect to a timing to transmit the second sound signal to the second sound output section.
8. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon a game program executed by a computer of a game system including a game apparatus, a first output device having a first display section and a first sound output section, and a second output device having a second display section and a second sound output section, the game program causing the computer to provide functionality comprising: an image generation to generate a first image to be displayed on the first display section, and a second image to be displayed on the second display section; a sound generation to generate, based on the same sound data, a first sound signal to be output to the first sound output section, and a second sound signal to be output to the second sound output section, and a sound signal transmission to transmit the first sound signal to the first sound output section, and transmit the second sound signal to the second sound output section, wherein the sound signal transmission section transmits the first sound signal such that a timing to transmit the first sound signal to the first sound section is delayed by a predetermined time with respect to a timing to transmit the second sound signal to the second sound output section.
9. A game processing control method of controlling a game system including a game apparatus, a first output device having a first display section and a first sound output section, and a second output device having a second display section and a second sound output section, the method comprising: generating a first image to be displayed on the first display section, and a second image to be displayed on the second display section; generating, based on the same sound data, a first sound signal to be output to the first sound output section, and a second sound signal to be output to the second sound output section, and transmitting the first sound signal to the first sound output section, and the second sound signal to the second sound output section, wherein in the sound signal transmitting, the first sound signal is transmitted such that a timing to transmit the first sound signal to the first sound section is delayed by a predetermined time with respect to a timing to transmit the second sound signal to the second sound output section.
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April 22, 2013
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